nivexous

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   by nivexous 8y ago

   Many early Bitcoiners support Bitcoin Cash today which is closer to the original design of Bitcoin and does not have these issues you mentioned. Bitcoin was always meant to scale on-chain, and BTC's fees are entirely self-imposed by th
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   by nivexous 8y ago

   A couple months ago I quit my software job to incubate a startup idea. I’m working out of home now and this definitely rings true. I’ll add a couple additional thoughts. One is that “whole program” thinking is tiring, and I can only muster
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   by nivexous 8y ago

   Imagine you woke up one day to discover your bank account has been raided by another country's government. Just like that, $1 in every $16 of your supposedly safe money is gone. If you're wealthy enough to have more savings, it c
4. 34.▲
   by nivexous 8y ago

   It would take me longer than I have to respond well, but others can google “ayn rand philosophical questions” and be the judge. As best as I can tell, she is ignored and slandered because of her politics which are not in fashion and not her
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   by nivexous 8y ago

   Karl Marx is a better analogue than Mao to Ayn Rand, and we study him in Philosophy. Both have similar "scientific merit", however relevant you think that is.
6. 36.▲
   by nivexous 8y ago

   For podcasts, Philosophize This (high level) and The Partially Examined Life (more in depth)
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   by nivexous 8y ago

   To philosophers discredit. Her work changed the real world and that makes it important. It should have made the list.